Politics in 57107 Sioux Falls, SD is mostly influenced by the local government and its representatives. The city is represented by Mayor Paul TenHaken and City Council members Veronica Mosser, Christine Erickson, Pat Starr, Michelle Erpenbach, Marshall Selberg, Theresa Stehly, Greg Neitzert and Marquette Leveque. These representatives are responsible for making important decisions that affect the people of 57107 Sioux Falls. They are actively involved in advocating for the citizens of their district to ensure they have access to services such as utilities, infrastructure improvements, public safety and community development projects. Local elections are held annually with candidates running for mayor or one of the eight city council positions. Elections also feature a number of initiatives put forth by citizens that could potentially impact future policies in Sioux Falls.
The political climate in Zip 57107 (Sioux Falls, SD) is somewhat conservative.
Minnehaha County, SD is somewhat conservative. In Minnehaha County, SD 43.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 53.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Minnehaha county remained moderately Republican, 53.3% to 43.8%.
Minnehaha county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 57107 (Sioux Falls, SD) is somewhat conservative.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota is somewhat conservative.
Minnehaha County, South Dakota is somewhat conservative.
Sioux Falls Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
South Dakota is strongly conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota: R R d r R r
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 57107 (Sioux Falls)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 37 contributions totaling $2,154 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 104 contributions totaling $45,092 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $434 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)